Copper (color)
Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the metal copper.
| Copper | |
|---|---|
 Crystallized copper metal is copper colored. | |
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #B87333 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (184, 115, 51) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (29°, 72%, 72%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (55, 70, 39°) |
| Source | [1]/Maerz and Paul[1] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The first recorded use of copper as a color name in English was in 1594.[2]
Variations of copper
Pale copper
| Copper (Crayola) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #DA8A67 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (218, 138, 103) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (18°, 53%, 85%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (65, 68, 30°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed pale tone of copper that is called copper in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1903.
Copper red
| Copper Red | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #CB6D51 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (203, 109, 81) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (14°, 60%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (56, 78, 23°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color copper red.
The first recorded use of copper red as a color name in English was in 1590.[3]
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Copper Red (color sample #39)
Copper penny
| Copper Penny | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #AD6F69 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (173, 111, 105) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (5°, 39%, 68%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (53, 44, 17°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color copper penny.
Copper penny is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.
Copper rose
| Copper rose | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #996666 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (153, 102, 102) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 33, 33, 40) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 33%, 60%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (49, 34, 12°) |
| Source | [2] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
At right is displayed the color copper rose.
The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928.[4]
Copper in nature
- Plants
- The Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.
- Snakes
- Copperhead snakes (such as Trigonocephalus contortrix) are so named for the coloration found between their eyes.[5]
Copper in culture
- Ethnography
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas are sometimes described as being copper colored or copper-skinned.[6]
- Heraldry
- Copper (heraldry) - Copper has been used in heraldry as a metal tincture since the late 20th Century, so far mostly in Canada.
See also
References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called copper in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color copper is displayed on page 31 Plate 4, Color Sample I11.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Copper: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample I11
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Copper Rose: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample J5
- ^ "copperhead (n.)", www.etymonline.com, retrieved 1 October 2016
- ^ See: Rand McNally’s World Atlas International Edition Chicago:1944 Rand McNally Map: "Races of Mankind" Pages 278-279--In the explanatory section below the map, the American Indian Race is described as being "copper-colored"
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